http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569663
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569663#c5
Daniel Morris changed:
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--- Comment #5 from Daniel Morris 2010-01-15 11:05:59 UTC ---
None of this works in a straightforward manner! But does in the end ;-)
Or more specifically, I erased all copies of ndiswrapper* from the machine with
zypper, and just for kicks did a reboot.
# uname -a
Linux mach 2.6.31.8-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-12-15 23:55:40 +0100 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux
# zypper in ndiswrapper
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...
The following NEW packages are going to be installed:
kernel-default-base ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-kmp-default
As you may notice/infer, that dependency is wrong, as it installs
/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-default/updates/ndiswrapper.ko from
ndiswrapper-kmp-default even though I'm running the desktop kernel.
Manually symlinking into 2.6.31.8-0.1-desktop & depmod'ing, yields:-
# modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper
(/lib/modules/2.6.31.8-0.1-desktop/updates/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid module
format
So I manually removed the symlink,
# zypper in ndiswrapper-kmp-desktop
and modprobe succeeded. Happy days (more so, 'cos the cable guys have rewired
me and I no longer need to use ndiswrapper to kludge M$ drivers).
Just in case anyone is searching for this, I'm really impressed that the
ndiswrapper solution actually works, even having WPA2 support from my cheapie
ebuyer Tenda WA-T1, which was only bought "just in case" as it was effectively
free as it brought an order up to the free shipping level. I 'll try to submit
this to the ndiswrapper database as it says WPA2 doesn't work.
# ndiswrapper -l
netmw225 : driver installed
device (1286:1FAB) present
Configuration was simple entering the WPA2 key using NetworkManager within
KDE-4.3.1.
Going back to the bug description, I suppose the post-install script works out
that the modules installed don't match the running kernel and thus skipped
creating a symlink, a workaround is documented above and I'll leave the report
for a developer/maintainer to decide how best to resolve/close. Thanks Marcus &
Michal for your help.
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